Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for went (away)
Verb
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One friend uttered an expletive after taking a bite of the super-tasty, uber-tender steak, and soon after, the meat disappeared.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
19 Mar. 2026 -
The suspect ran away from the house and disappeared off camera.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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With less than three minutes left, an early 14-point lead for the Jaguars had completely evaporated.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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When the film was DOA, her awards campaign evaporated.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Conditions brighten Friday as warmer air moves in, with highs climbing into the 50s to low 60s, particularly where the snowpack has already melted.—
Joseph Dames,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Department of Water Resources announced that as of March 1, about 20% of the state’s peak snowpack had already melted.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Hadi’s phone was deluged with requests from people who had fled Tehran or from friends based abroad, asking him to help out their relatives.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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These claims are amplified by the Iranian diaspora living outside the Islamic Republic, most of whom come from families that fled the country due to their association with the shah.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Mar. 2026
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What if a slightly delusional but still charming actress faded toward irrelevance, only to claw her way back by way of a reality TV show?—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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As crypto moved from fringe to mainstream to cultural punch line, its promise of revolution faded.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
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The use of social media by young people has divided tech executives.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Today there are more than 30 million Kurds in a contiguous area in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey divided by external borders and historic internal differences.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Went (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/went%20%28away%29. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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